Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 4165.70
April 6, 2005
USD(AT&L)
SUBJECT: Real Property Management
References: (a) DoD Directive 4165.6, “Real Property,” October 13, 2004
(b) DoD Directive 4275.5, “Acquisition and Management of Industrial Resources,”
March 15, 2005
(c) DoD Directive 5110.4 “Washington Headquarters Services (WHS),”
October 19, 2001
(d) Executive Order 13327, “Federal Real Property Asset Management,”
February 4, 2004
(e) through (
r), see enclosure 1
1.
PURPOSE
This Instruction:
1.1. Implements policy and assigns responsibility, under reference (a), for managing real
property.
1.2. Re-delegates various statutory and regulatory authorities and responsibilities relating to
real property management.
2.
APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
This Instruction applies to:
2.1. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments (including
their Reserve components), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands,
the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the
DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense
(hereafter referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
2.2. All DoD real property holdings except:
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